Labberté K.J.

This user lives in The Netherlands, born in the province Brabant and now living in the province Friesland but does not speak the second official language of the Netherlands “West Frisian” (Frysk)! He was also living in the provinces Gelderland, Flevoland and Limburg.

• Name: Karel J. Labberté
• Age: 67 (November 1940)
• Gender: male
• Location: Harlingen in the province Friesland, The Netherlands
• Degree: Degrees in Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering and Economy
• Hobbies/Interests : Swimming, chess, music, dogs The Bracco Italiano, travelling, cooking books and cooking, photography, and websites builder.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is an association from three constituent countries:

• The Netherlands in Western Europe. Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands and seat of the government is The Hague.
• Aruba in the Caribbean. Capital and seat of the government is Oranjestad.
• The Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean with Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean. Capital and seat of the government is Willemstad, Curaçao.

Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The current Kingdom of the Netherlands was constituted with the proclamation of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on October 28, 1954.

Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are the so called ABC islands. The southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles situated north from the Venezuelan coast. The Islands Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten are located southeast of the Virgin Islands.

Reader keep in mind in this difficult world, The Netherlands and The Kingdom of the Netherlands are two distinct geographical and administrative entities.

My favourite sports are still swimming and playing chess. In my early days I was rallying with a Alfa Romeo car. The Alfa Romeo model Giulia Super 1.6.

In my younger days I have swimming a lot in the Dutch rivers, canals and the North Sea. Long distance swimming was my favourite. Today I am swimming for my condition.

I like to play chess. Now I am playing against my computer. In the early days I was playing in a club and competition player. Playing in simultaneous games against several grandmasters for example: Max Euwe, Jan Hein Donner, Haije Kramer^[5], Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov.

I am the owner of the Kennel name “Del Campo di Diana”. I have bred several excellent dogs from the Bracco Italiano breed (Italian Pointer or Italian Pointing Dog), with trial and show championships in several countries from Europe and Europe championships.

This dog is one of the classic and ancient pointers. This breed is mainly selected in the northern regions of Italy. The breed has been present since the Middle Ages and became popular in the Renaissance. The Bracco Italiano was held in that period as hunting dog by the famous nobility like the Gonzaga and the Medici families.

There were three types of this breed:

• The white and orange variety originated in Piedmont (the "Piedmontese" pointer).
• The roan and brown variety originated in Lombardy (the “Lombard” pointer).
• The Piacenza pointer, (Bracchi Piacentini) a much higher dog and is after circa 1900 disappeared.

The Bracco Italiano^[6][7] an excellent hunting dog but also a very good companion dog. The Bracco Italiano is a dog in the F.C.I Classification: Group 7, Pointing Dogs. Section 1.1 Continental Pointing Dogs, type: "Braque" and with working trial.

I was in several countries and regions from Europe, North Africa, United States of America and the Caribbean. I like to cook and in all the countries where I was, the first walk was going to a book-shop and buying one or two cookery-books. Today I have a lot of these books and using them!

1. ↑ Czocha Castle (Zamek Czocha), article in Polnish
2. ↑ Map of Castles in South West of Poland, article in Polnish
3. ↑ The word "Lavra"
4. ↑ The word "Dormition"
5. ↑ Haye Kramer (Dutch)
6. ↑ FCI Official Standaard (English)
7. ↑ Official Site of the Bracco Italiano Cub S.A.B.I (Italian)
8. ↑ Compatriota di Bonfini Kennel, Mayar
9. ↑ Compatriota di Bonfini Kennel, English
10. ↑ Compatriota di Bonfini Kennel, Deutsch.

• Anastasiya Markovich